Is news = politics? Is it news when we talk *about* someone *powerful*?
Whether at the national, state or village level? FN sajan venniyoor wrote: > We have to take in on faith that sports is not news, nor is weather, nor > traffic nor business. What is 'news' and what is not is an aspect of > epistemological contextualism that is beyond the scope of this listserv. As > for the Delhi CM discussing her idea of governance, it is the BBC's subtle > interpretation that if you talk *about *someone, it is news, but if you talk > *to* someone, it is not news. > > All private FM players are news organisations or have ambition to be in this >> space in TV, print and otherwise. With such high investment lying idle in >> the radio space, pressure is definitely building on the government > > I somehow doubt if this is the case. FM radio licensing began in the year > 2000, and if private FM players have had any 'ambition to be in this space', > they have cleverly concealed it. Nishant is right in saying that all (well, > almost all) FM players are news organisations; by and large they own > newspapers in the same markets where they operate FM stations. The last > thing they probably want is competition between the two media for the same > slice of ad pie. In more civilized countries, where they have severe > restrictions on cross-media ownership, this problem wouldn't have arisen; > but we are like this only. > > Sajan > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Nishant | निशाँत <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> The current private FM channels are already broadcasting news. At least >> this is true of the channels in Delhi. They may not give you breaking news, >> but they definitely give you news in digest. Many of them give you hourly >> updates of cricket matches in progress. Then, there is weather and traffic >> news. The chief minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit is news by virtue of >> being a chief minister. I have heard her more than once on private FM >> channels, discussing her idea of governance. >> >> The government may not be in a hurry to allow bigger news on FM channels, >> but proposals are already there before it. All private FM players are news >> organisations or have ambition to be in this space in TV, print and >> otherwise. With such high investment lying idle in the radio space, pressure >> is definitely building on the government, a pressure that the government is >> too willing to yield to. >> >> My feeling is that the radio space will be targetted once the current round >> of investments in the TV and print space is over, given that we have seen so >> many new channels and newspapers in the last one year or so, all riding on >> 26 per cent foreign equity. And, that may be the time when the government >> also allows some community radio stations to come up. >> >> Nishant. >> >> 2008/8/10 sajan venniyoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> *Govt not considering permitting news on private FM channels * >>> Indiantelevision.com >>> 9 August 2008 >>> >>> NEW DELHI: The Government is not considering any proposal to permit news >>> broadcasts on private FM Radio channels. >>> >>> This was stated by Information and Broadcasting secretary Sushma Singh, >>> when answering a question on the sidelines of the Second Indian News >>> Television Summit organised by indiantelevision.com. >>> >>> Singh noted that the government had studied the reports of the Telecom >>> Regulatory Authority of India as well as the Ficci in this connection. >>> >>> >>> >>> YOU CAN SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM (India) BY JOINING AND TAKING AN >>> ACTIVE PART IN ONE OF THESE NETWORKS >>> >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-awareness (Awareness building) >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-helpdesk (Offering help) >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-policy-advocacy (Policy advocacy) >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-techoptions (Technical options) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> cr-india mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> YOU CAN SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM (India) BY JOINING AND TAKING AN >> ACTIVE PART IN ONE OF THESE NETWORKS >> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-awareness (Awareness building) >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-helpdesk (Offering help) >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-policy-advocacy (Policy advocacy) >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-techoptions (Technical options) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cr-india mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india -- FN M: 9970157402 or 9822122436 P:+91-832-240-9490 (after 1pm) Skype: fredericknoronha Yahoochat: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Email fred at bytesforall.org Res: 784 Saligao 403511 Goa India YOU CAN SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM (India) BY JOINING AND TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN ONE OF THESE NETWORKS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-awareness (Awareness building) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-helpdesk (Offering help) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-policy-advocacy (Policy advocacy) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-techoptions (Technical options) _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list [email protected] https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
